@math07 Hi Mathieu, wow! This is so cool! You really did a great job 
Sorry for the late reply, I see now that you posted already two weeks ago.
Out of curiosity: how long did it take you to learn the songs and got convinced it was good enough to start recording them? 
Cheers! Inge
Thank you Inge for the nice words
Usually, I start a group of 2 or 3 songs from the book. I practice them alternately for 1.5 to 2 months.
Then, I try to record it once even if I don’t feel ready yet to see how it sounds.
And after watching the first video, I have a better view of where I am at and I can work on the final performance. 
Most of the time, the first video makes me realize that I’m more ready than I imagined and I give it a few more days of practice. 
Hi Mathieu! I’m a bit late with listening to your recordings. Your progress is very impressive to me, you seem very confident while playing and in control of what’s going on and of what is coming. Keep on rocking 
Also I look foward to some Blues from you…maybe you posted and I missed it (?) I haven’t been much active in the Community lately.
Thanks Silvia for following my progress ! The blues course did put a pause on my rock practice for the past month. But, your message make me remember that I definitely need to put a few minutes daily on my practice routine for rock as I’m missing it.
I have some cool idea in my head about blues like starting from a drum track on youtube and recording a few guitar layers on top. Starting with a 12 bar blues shuffle rhythm, then adding a more complex rhythm part on top and after that a lead solo. Though, for the lead, I still need to work on my technique as bending in tune feels to me like the F chord 1 year ago 
A challenge for sure !
Also, I’m learning some rhythm blues standard like Crossroads and Sweet Home Chicago. I might be ready for recording in a month or two haha. One of them is on acoustic which is cool since my acoustic guitar always had a special place in my hearth even though I’ve been mostly playing electric for the past year. The acoustic is where I started
I’d avoid putting any wooden guitar in your hearth…damn spellchecks eh!
Ahaha nice joke Peter ! 
That would be an expensive way to keep warm in winter. Or the best excuse to buy a really expensive replacement ? Dream Martin or Taylor
I can wait 
I listened to “Should I Stay Or Should I Go”. Well done! My favorite part was watching how much you were enjoying playing. You are great with the camera. These goals you have will help you learn a lot. On to the next one!
@pkboo3 Thank you very much Pamela. That’s really nice of you. Your message definitely made me smile !
Wow Mathieu!
Just clicked on this thread for the 1st time… what a ton of work you’ve put in on this project & what results!!! You are really, doing great with the Rock Songbook… I’m inspired!!!
This looks like something that brings you from the Beginner stages onto a real Stage!!! You definitely have the chops to be out gigging or playing in a band…
I’m truly impressed with the music & the production!
Way to go amigo!!!
Tod
Wow, such an encouraging message 
Thank you very much Tod ! It’s such a fun project and I can’t wait to go back to it when Blues Immersion ends.
After 5 months of blues immersion, I needed a short break to go back to my rock ‘n’ roll roots. Here comes song #11 - Smells like Teen Spirit. This song is really fun to learn to use your amp and pedals as I used 4 different tones through the song.
In addition to the rhythm guitar, I learned the solo (at about 3 minutes) to put my new lead guitar skills in practice.
A special thanks to my laptop who died in the middle of the recording and delayed the whole process of 1 month
Aren’t the blues the roots of r & r? 
Mathieu, I thought that was very good! You must be happy with your performance. You certainly looked it.
@Willsie Thanks a lot John for taking a look at my project
Definitely ! I love that I can use similar techniques in both !
Great performance that was cool 
really enjoyed it. 
That was really cool Mathieu! …and oh! I’m very happy you smile too when you play! Immersing in one genre can be good and somehow accelerate the learning process… (maybe…as I’m writing it I find it doesn’t apply much to me, despite some reasonable objectivity in it) …but taking breaks is also a very smart thing to do in many respects. Well done! Keep on rocking
Hi Mathieu ,
I did see …I did like it and I didn`t have the chance to comment and by chance I see it again now … also here computer problems, fortunately not completely broken ones, but sometimes irritating malfunctions so that I have to restart and sometimes an irritating edit:no no 
…woman who suddenly has to do something for work …
This is not very blimm , at least I still played the blues while I colored outside the Blimm books 
… (.I’m not going to tell you what else I practice 
)
Nice and good attitude and always looking happy when you play
Greeting
Thank you very much @Silvia80 and @roger_holland for encouraging me It was a fun pause, now back to blues immersion now that unit 5 is released.
